Culture Talks To Culture In 'Slaughterhouse 90210'
Maris Kreizman's clever, slyly provocative book suggests that what we think of as art and what we think of as entertainment have much to say to each other.
Arts & Life
'Death By Water' Will Pull You Under
Kenzaburo Oe's new novel is a literary mystery in no rush for a solution. It follows an aging novelist, a stand-in for Oe himself, who returns home in search of clues to his father's drowning.
How A Taste For Chinese Tea Minted America's First Millionaires
China and its trade practices are often blamed for U.S. economic woes. But once upon a time, it was the tea trade with China that created American magnates — with some catastrophic consequences.
Fan Fiction Comes To Life In 'Carry On'
"Meta" isn't quite sufficient to describe Rainbow Rowell's latest, which brings a fictional Harry Potteresque series described in her previous novel Fangirl to warm, messy, beautiful life.
3 Questions With The Guy Who Hates Renoir
Max Geller led a small crowd in protest of the fact that paintings by renowned French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir hang in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
What Would Julia Child Do? Jacques Pépin Says: Add More Butter
In a conversation with NPR's Scott Simon, Jacques Pépin reflects on his extraordinary 60-year career, his dear friend Julia Child and how not to let good cheese leftovers go to waste.
Deluge Contaminates And Destroys Ballet School
The South Carolina flood has left the Columbia Classical Ballet Company without not just its costumes and scores but its building.
In 'Love And Techno,' The World Is Cruel — But The People Aren't (Mostly)
Anthony Marra's new short story collection is a hundred-year relay of Russian history, full of black, bone-dry humor and characters who are often (but not always) as awful as the worlds they live in.
'American Horror Story' Returns, With Twists, Thrills And A Chilling Lady Gaga
FX's American Horror Story returns for season five this week. TV critic David Bianculli says this season, which is set in a lavish old hotel, is "the most visually arresting and twisted one yet."
Making The Case For Face To Face In An Era Of Digital Conversation
Author Sherry Turkle is concerned that we are outsourcing too many of our conversations to screens and robots. "Face to face conversation is the most human and humanizing thing that we do," she says.